When you've exhausted your online research, you
will want to check out Historians, Museum and
Libraries,
to get the address of where to write for further information. Don't
forget to send a SASE when you write. Here are some off site helpful links.

An important note Not all links are maintained by NYCATTAR. Some links are to links external web sites. Links to external web sites are being provided as a convenience and forinformational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or approval ofany of the products, services or opinions contained in any external web site.

Relationship Chart: Do you get confused when someone says they are your 3rd Cousin twice removed? The State Library of North Carolina developed an excellent explanation and CHART to help make sense of it. Easy to read, and easy to use. They graciously provided it for posting here.

How to Share With Fellow Genealogists

Cattaraugus County Mailing List

NYCATTAR-L A mailing
list for anyone with a genealogical interest in Cattaraugus County, New
York. People generally submit a family names they are reseaching. As a subscriber, you can monitor these emails for information that may pertain to your ancestory. You can elect to receive emails individually or as a daily summary. You can also send and email to the list which will reach all subscirbers. For more information, click on the "bird" for more FAQ.

Cattaraugus CountyMessage Board

The broadest and most enduring method to communicate with others is via
the NYCATTAR message boards. Here you can post a message that over
time will be seen by thousands of people for several years to come.
Often you will get replies to message board posts that you made years before.These Boards are for Cattaraugus County Queries Only
Please do Not Use the Cattaraugus County Boards unless you KNOW that your ancestor lived in Cattaraugus County . For more information see the Message Board FAQs

In January 8, 1998 a new query system was adopted. We archived the older queries and you may view them here (Old Queries)

Cattaraugus County Museum

The Cattaraugus County Museum is in the Stone House on the campus of the Pines Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center (9822 Rt 16, Machias, NY). Hours for the County Museum and Research Library will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. There is no admission charge but donations are welcome. The oldest surviving county owned building, it was saved from demolition in 1979 by the county legislature. It is handicap accessible and house a research center as well as many displays.

Cattaraugus County Memorial

Citizens Advocating Memorial Preservation (CAMP) was formed for the purpose of preserving the Cattaraugus County Memorial and Historical Building in Little Valley, New York, and urging its restoration and reuse. The Memorial and Historical Building has tremendous historical significance as Cattaraugus County’s most prominent and significant Civil War memorial. Despite the protests and the advice of the LSWNY, in October 2014 the County Legislature voted to proceed with asbestos removal in the Memorial as a prelude to demolition. As a result, in November 2014, CAMP was organized. Click on the image to find out more.

This page is part of the USGenWeb Project. Modeled after
the Kentucky GenWeb Project which was organized by a
group of genealogists in March and April 1996, the idea was to provide
a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected
databases would be stored. In June 1996, it was decided to expand the
project to include all states. If the state in which you are
interested does not
have a page and you wish to be responsible for it, please contact admin@usgenweb.com , the
USGenWeb Coordinator. If you would like to adopt a county
page
within New York State, please contact the New York State Coordinator. If you want to submit data or help with a particular town within the Cattaraugus County Web page, contact the Cattaraugus County host below.